SEATTLE -- Toys "R" Us announced it will stop selling a Tonka truck Sunday, after a Washington family's Christmas gift for their grandson apparently caused their real pick-up truck to burst into ...

The yellow Tonka Truck. Instantly recognizable by any child of decades past, that big metal beast would always make you popular around the sandbox. There were no blinking lights to dazzle, no noise… ...

They had just returned from Toys ‘R’ Us, where they bought this 12-volt Tonka Mighty Wheels dump truck for their grandson when they realized it was on fire. “I said: ‘We’ve got to pull over.

This was applied initially to the range of toys, and the firm eventually became Tonka Toys, Inc. on January 1, 1956. The first toys were the #100 steam shovel and the #150 Crane and Clam.

WAYNE, N.J. (AP) — Toys 'R' Us has pulled a ride-on toy truck from shelves days after a couple says it burst into flames while they were bringing it home from the store. The couple tells KING-TV ...

This NBC video still shows a toy Tonka truck on fire in the back of a pick-up truck in Washington state. (NBC video still) Toys "R" Us has recalled a Tonka truck after it allegedly burst into ...

Key takeaways Recall details: Huffy has recalled over 23,000 12-volt children's ride-on Tonka Dump Trucks (models 17362 and 17323) due to overheat. ... Huffy recalls Tonka dump truck toys.

But it soon switched to toy vehicles and was renamed to Tonka Toys, a riff on nearby Lake Minnetonka. The company went public in 1961, and Batdorf became its president in 1964.

Apparently, someone at Ford is a big fan of the tough, realistic toys. The result? A Ford F-150 that is designed to look like a real Tonka Truck.

EAST PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WPRI) — Huffy has recalled two of its ride-on toys because they both pose a fire hazard. Below is information from the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission. More than ...